Bruno Indelicato, left, Frank Lino. Alite says he once beat up Genie Gotti, Juniors uncle, in prison. Why? John Gotti Jr. speaks outside his Oyster Bay home after his 2009 mistrial on racketeering charges. Muhammad Ali with major "the maj" coxson who was a drug kingpin from philly. But the health Icouldcontroleat right, exercise, see a doctor.. (Junior) Gotti's 'rat' buddy John Alite gets 10-year prison sentence", "Mob turncoat 'cheated on wife every day', "Witness says valet firm's rivals were scared off", "Former Club Mirage Manager Seeks Release On Bail", "Gotti friend with Tampa ties admits role in killings, feds say", "Witness causes headaches for Gotti offspring", "Prosecution's case against Junior Gotti wasn't credible, juror says", "Gotti lawyers whack away at Alite's testimony", "For Fourth Time, Mistrial in Prosecution of Gotti", "Letter to Judge prompts investigation by the U.S. Its like an alcoholic or drug addict. He pleaded guilty in 2016 to racketeering conspiracy and was sentenced to three years' supervised release and time served, which amounted to about five years in prison, for more than two dozen. [But] I should be happy about John Alite, not angry. Moreover, she adds, American culture loves a comeback, and with people suffering from the pandemic, this whole marketing tool of the aspirational lifestylewealthy celebrities lecturing people from their mansions andsuperficial influencersisnt resonating anymore. David Gentile and John Alite (l-to-r), [+] at Mare Monte restaurant, Haddonfield, NJ. Borrello now lives in Howard Beach, Queens. I want you to know that it doesnt change anything; Ive enjoyed talking to you, youre a very, very interesting individual and if I could be of any help to you, let me know., BUDS: Gentile introducing Alite to a roomful of kids (many fatherless) in need of role models, in [+] Camden, NJ one of America's most violent cities. Alite met the lawyer, but three weeks later Gentile received calls from Alites family saying he was missing. CREATIVE. Johnny hasnt mentioned what led him to turn over a new leaf, but now, by focusing on his family, wife, Claudia DiPippa, 4 kids, and grandkids his private spiritual journey, and his mission to deter anyone from a life in crime, he lives a life that he is proud of. [6][4], Alite was associated with the Gambino family, and led a crew in Tampa, Florida that extorted rival valet businesses, and reported to Gambino capo Ronald Trucchio. In 2008, Alite pled guilty to involvement in the 1996 murder of Gebert. For years he was John A. (For example:Papa Johns pizza, whose chairman resigned in 2019 after using a racial slur.) ButRileyfelt he pinned too many of his crimes on Gottis orders, and he was troubled by some conflicting accounts by Alite of how many acts of violence he was involved in. But that wasthen. 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They knew that it was a fucking game. Mob reporter Anastasia finds this amusing:If his proffer offer had gone forward,hed have been the Boss of theWITSEC Mafia., Thanks in large part to Alites testimony in 2008, a Gambino soldier named Charles Carneglia was convicted by a jury and is serving life. released from prison on May 20, 2022, as per the BOP inmate locator website. It was coke dealer George Grasso. Born on September 30, 1962 in Albania, John Alite started his career as Writer . This time they chatted for about an hour, exchanging names and starting to form a bond. He needed a supportive authority figure in his life, because he couldnt trust himself. He's given me the confidence to do things that I'm afraid of. You fag! Gotti exploded Youre a punk. When Vito Genovese went to prison, he picked Gigante to run the Genovese crime family in his absence. He was a neighbor of John Gotti's son named John A. Gotti. Man, this isexactlywhat we need, said Camdens mayor that night about Alites and Gentiles appearance. He was sometimes combative and seemed to struggle just to be inhaling the same air as Gotti. ! It was a very emotional moment for us.. Never mind that at the time the murder was committed, John Alite was 19 and in Los Angeles, as Gang Land reports, so he would've had trouble committing the crime halfway across the continental United States. Its kind of a shame because hes actually a good dude from what I could tell whos actually about being positive, unlike his garbage pale of a father. Its best summed up with bullet points (pun intended): At the heart of their conflict is this:Alite says Gotti wont admit and accept thathe became a rat while Alite was still holed up in a Brazilian prison fighting extradition and remaining loyal to the clan. [FBI videos also show Alite in front of Gotti Sr.'s Manhattan social club with many Gambino mobsters.] Whatever it is, you have options, you can redirect your life. Frankie Geekie I did, And the number of people you shot, who survived? The Groomsmen: Vicki Gotti's 1984 wedding to Carmine "The Bull" Agnello (alongside her), who [+] allegedly put out a contract on Alite a decade later. So to them it's unbelievable, that theres no way this guy could have did this much.Oh, the kid Stevie Newell [quoted below], I also shot, who testified for Gotti. He was released from prison in 2013, with a solemn oath never to return to one again. Shipping calculated at checkout. I thought LCN was all about not involving the family. Pedophiles are lower than rats. (photo: Haddenfield, NJ), Not surprisingly, Gentiles views of Gotti Jr are unflattering. They both were childhood friends and were very close to each other. His zodiac sign at birth is Libra. John Alite, Prison Expert: March 25, 2016. Gentile, who has spent long hours with him on the project, has some gaming experience to make sure it stays kosher:he once worked as an executive for a gaming group, responsible for background checks on vendors. So I can keep going with story after story. [1] Later in life, Alite publicly denounced the life of organized crime and became a motivational speaker, podcaster and books author. Former Gambino mobster and government informant John Alite with his son John posing on a Queens street. His main focus was labor racketeering in Philadelphia, which was then flooded with corrupt unions extorting businesses, and he worked some of the citys biggest mafia cases. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. It happens every day.. He is 59 years old as of 2021. Shows how much theyve fallen. Youre a dog. All that loyalty, all that killing I did. Asked about their feud,former family underboss Sammy Gravano says, They have athing. The one in Brazil in jail. He was on a payphone in 1995 when Alite shot him. Alite once phoned Gentile late at night to tell him he was on the verge of beating someone up. Everybody gets a glass, champagne or wine. But Gentile wasnt always a team player, plus his John Wayne demeanor had softened due to the deaths of his daughtersone of whom died in a car accident a month before her wedding (and just months before he met Alite.) These guys are turning on you; theyre not your friends.Eventually, he listened and Gentile connected him with active agents. I'm an ex-gangster from New York who worked for John Gotti, Sr. of the Gambino Crime Famil Some jurors believed him, some did not, says John Meringolo, one of Gottis two trial lawyers. Who Is John Alite? He also co-hosts a podcast called the Johnny & Gene Show, in which he interviews ex-mobsters. Indeed, Ronnie-One-Arm, the Gambino captain, gave his own opening statement in 2006 before a jury without his lawyer present (hardly the smartest move in mafia history), in which he ratted out Alite as a rogue and thug who stole all these businesses from every person.Alite had had enough. Coincidentally, he was once jailed in Camden, where he gave his talk three months ago. He was associated with the Gambino family there and led a crew in the city which extorted rival valet businesses. Its too bad that theyre gonna have to tuck their tails when they come into parts of the city now all because of their dads bullshit internet antics. It was all based on Gottis made men, associates and friends., From his corner of the boxing ring,Gotti maintains (sans proof) that Alite had been a rat since the 1990swith Dave Gentile his main FBI handler. In this episode, we bring on John's son, Johnny, to talk about what it was like growing up with a mobster for a father. 30:58 . [8], In 1995, Charles Carneglia and Alite were involved in a major conspiracy to murder John A. I thought the other law enforcement guys were conning me, but he believed in me. Ive heard Alites stories hundreds of times,says Scala, the retired FBI Gambino expert. John J. Gotti, grandson of the late mob boss who shared the same name, was led out of the New York City Police Department's 113th Precinct in August 2016. Is it fair to say based on the different numbers you previously testified to under oath, 30 in Carneglias trial, 35 in this trial, that you honestly dont remember exactly how many people you may have shot, right?one of Gottis lawyers asked during his cross. He is at the moment aged 58. The case remains unsolved. Scene: Alite's house in South Jersey, 1991. It was in a Manhattan federal courtroom in 2009 with Gotti on trial for racketeering, murder conspiracy, drug-trafficking, and more. John Alite, retired Gambino family hitman, The room fell dead quietwhen an esteemed retired FBI agent named David Gentile introduced a very close personal friend to a roomful of boys (many fatherless) in need of role models. Claudia is John's Second Wife. Dave told nobody at work about Alite. In 2008, Alite pled guilty to involvement in the 1996 murder of Gebert. John Pennisi revealed that information yesterday. Alite phoned Gentile collect from around the world, including from Brazil prisons on smuggled phones. John Edward Alite is his full name. Gotti Sr. may not have been intelligent, and his actions brought down the family, but at least he had the material to be a tough guy., Gotti:John Alite is half-a-girl to sit there and try to badmouth my father. If this is the old time they would be killed by now if they hang out in the old neighborhood. BOTTOM: Junior leaving the courthouse, with Alite to his left (behind), and attorney Gerald Shargel to his right. Its a relationship that a lot of people unfortunately would never begin to understand, orwantto understand, or dont have the capacity to understand, and I dont care about that at this point in my life., This is a BETA experience. [FBI videos also show Alite in front of Gotti Sr.'s Manhattan social club with many Gambino mobsters.] Now, in 2018, he's attempting to change that perception people have of . Later in life, Alite publicly denounced the life of organized crime and became a motivational speaker, podcaster and book author. Additionally, he is popular for his role as Johnny Alletto. No John, youre not dying, but youre under stress all the time. I would relish the opportunity to debate him over what he alleges about this so-called cooperation. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Another photo taken years earlier, in 1984, shows Gotti Jr, Alite and Gambino associate/drug dealer John Gebert standing together on a beach pier. One at the Swim Club that beat up Gottis cousin, Johnny Ruggiero. Alite spoke of a hard childhood in gang-heavy Woodhaven, Queens (he and pals called it Deathhaven) that included being molested by a priest. Similarly, his family originates from Albania. Louie DiBono [Gambino soldier found in his car trunk], Im part of that murder team. We talk. It led to his being tagged Tefflon Jr. by the press, just as his dad had been called the Tefflon Don.(Note:This excludes a 1999 case, in which Junior pled guilty on the eve of trial to bribery, extortion and the threat of violence.). The world that I was a part of would have slaughtered Johnny Alite. He has been pistol whipped, been brutally beaten, has had his life threatened and survived. He received a time-served sentence after spending from 2014 to 2019 in jail, according to a law enforcement source. The problem is none of these guys [fellow ex-mobsters] ever do what I do. Two songs have been completed for a pending spoken-word album (Its Not Just Gotti and I Left My Family) that are actually quite compelling and can be heard here. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. I was a gangster killing people. The ex-agent was raised in a small town in upstate New York, the son of immigrants from Naples who had limited means. Gotti says Alite was a member of his mob crew for barely two years (1989-91) before he chased him away from the family, in part because of a tip that he might have become an informant. How so? "It's up the river for you John," read the frosting on the cake. [4] He received a baseball scholarship to the University of Tampa, but dropped out after three years. At right: Family soldier Frank Radice. (Alite says he also called Gotti a Whitey BulgerI should be sitting there, you should be up hereyoure a rat. Bolger was one organized crimes most infamous informants.). That year, Alite pleaded guilty to racketeering charges, including two murders and a variety of other crimes, and in 2011, was sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison. He helped me a lot mentally when I was falling apart, Caramandi said. Like are we talking T league Gambinos? March 25, 2016. Supposedly they chased Alite's sons out of the restaurant. Fuck up, it's his ass. a legal online gambling venture in South America. [5] Alite's first wife was Carol, and his second wife was Claudia DiPippa; he has four children. S01E02 Venezuela (James & Pauls Story) . There are so many bad people in the world, why did it have to happen toyou, Dave? At right: Family soldier Frank Radice. Hed really rather charm you than hurt you., Alites therapist also helped him conquer a severe case of hypochondria that he suffered after he returned from his years as a fugitive. In his former life, each Christmas season Alite would pass up a cut (or tribute in mob parlance) to his crime bosses, often through a Gambino captain named Ronnie One Arm Trucchio, who is serving life. Time and again, we were able to corroborate and verify, through victims and other evidence, the information provided by John, who Trezevant says also helped them solve very old cold-case murders. His enterprises once included glass companies in Florida, nightclubs in three states (one aptly named Mirage), and parking businesses (valet, lots) in six states. Dave opened up to Alite about his family tragedies, while Alite opened up about how his prison stints were destroying his relationships with his kids. That buddy of his was John Alite, a onetime murder-machine for the Gambino clanone of the famed Five Families of New York organized crime. I guess those guys today dont have any heart.. I didnt care what I have to do to get the job done to bring an indictment. Asking Alite to recount his sins is to open Pandoras casketand The Calculator rattles off the victimsfrom memory like a speeding bullet: The ones you murdered, how many? John Alite has a net worth of $1 million in 2022. Living there, it was no surprise that Johnny became friends with his son, John A. Gotti. (Socially-distanced, of course, although there might need to be a bulletproof glass divider at the table.) Jimmy the Gent also played a behind-the scenes role in the first homicide that Alite was directly involved in. [to be continued], Over Zoom sessions and sitdownsat an Italian restaurant in South Jersey, where the men live, Alite and Gentile told their stories. He landed a baseball scholarship to the University of Tampa, but an injury ended that career dream. John shot Georgie in the head from the backseat of the car they were driving in. John Alite's sons were recently attacked in a HOWARD BEACH restaurant by some Gambino young guys. The men engaged in small talk while watching their kids play. John Gotti's grandson has married in a star-studded ceremony. I never said I could. John Alite also received a $275,000 check in 2009 from Howard Srebnick, a lawyer he sued for ineffective assistance of counsel for not securing him the right deal to testify while he was still in prison in Brazil, which Alite confirmed in a recorded phone call from jail with Special Agent Ted Otto in December, 2007. For insight, it even had various interviews from everyone involved, including attorneys, special agents, and mob figures. About the Author Since his first incarceration at age 17, John Alite has been known as a mobster. That buddy of his was John Alite, a onetime murder-machine for the Gambino clanone of the famed "Five Families" of New York organized crime. But Kasparoza handed his evidence over to the cops. TT I shot in the head outside the Flightexcuse me, in front of the whole bar. My life was a mess and now my lifes about a message, Alite said, after Gentile hugged him and handed over the mic. How much money is it that you want? he asked after elbowing the thug in the head, knocking him to the pavement. Plus or minus one, they stay true.Prosecutor Trezevant, who spent hundreds of hours debriefing Alite, says investigators in New York and Florida reverse-engineered Alites claims to confirm them. of a gun in a vehicle outside a Manhattan courthouse where jurors were deliberating in a trial of John Sr. (No gun found.) He died; they pulled the plug on him. Dave would have come under suspicion if his contacts with Alite would have come to light under different circumstances. The bullet went right below mybutt,through the back of my thigh and made a right turn going towards my nuts. Fortunately, it stopped short. After his release, Alite earned an additional three months back in prison for acting as a go-between for corrupt prison guard Troy Kemmerer who was smuggling sperm donation kits in and out of Allenwood Federal Prison for inmate Antonino Parlavecchio, who was trying to impregnate his wife Maria. John was born on September 30, 1962, in Queens, New York City, USA. How did former Gambino associate John Alite make it inside Donald J. Trump's gilded Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, long enough to be photographed alongside the former president? When you keep something bottled for a long enough period of time, like a volcano it spews.). Thats what made me exceed in my business, he once conceded in court. 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